These men are members of India's billionaire club; yet they choose to make international cities their homes. Here's a list of Indian billionaires who live abroad

Lakshmi Mittal: The ArcelorMittal boss, who has consistently been at the top of Britain's rich list, is based out of London. The steel tycoon made headlines in 2008 when he bought No 6 Palace Greens on Billionaire's Row near Kensington Palace, for £117million, making it the most expensive property purchase in Britain at the time. He's also a director at Goldman Saks and owns a stake in the Queens Park Rangers football club.

Hinduja Family: The Hinduja family, headed by brothers Srichand and Gopi, run their global empire from the United Kingdom. The family, who recently saw their net worth jump by £3 billion to £12.5 billion, owns a £100 million mansion on the Mall, just a stone's throw away from Buckingham Palace.

Anil Agarwal: London-based Agarwal established Vedanta Resources in 1986. He is No 21 Forbes' India rich list with a net worth of $ 3.4 billion.

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Sri Prakash Lohia: As founder and chairman of Indorama, Lohia, who is based out of Indonesia, is reportedly the world's biggest manufacturer of polyester and is worth $3.4 billion. He is also collects rare books and lithographs.

Micky Jagtiani: The Dubai-based billionaire runs the Landmark Group retailing empire, which is spread across 18 countries. According to one report, Jagtiani lives a simple life with a modest home in Dubai with just a single Mercedes in his garage. Jagtiani is currently worth $3.8 billion.

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MA Yusuff Ali: Head of the Abu-Dhabi based Emke Group; Yusuff Ali has made it to the Forbes billionaire list for the first time this year. With a net worth of $1.5 billion, Ali is the second richest Indian in the Gulf.

Manoj Bhargava: Michigan-based Bhargava heads a company that sells 2-ounce can energy drinks called 5-Hour Energy. Though it's just been eight years since he set up 5-Hour Energy, the company already makes retails sales of approximately $1 billion. But despite his vast success, Bhargava, a Princeton drop-out whose net worth is estimated at $1.5 billion, lives the simple life and has spent over a decade at different monasteries in India.

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Kavitark Ram Shriram: This California-based dot com billionaire was one of the first investors in Google and remains on the company's board till today. A philanthropist, Shriram, who is worth an estimated $1.65 billion, has till date given away from than 70 per cent of the 3.4 million Google shares he owned. He as previously worked at Netscape and even serves on the advisory board of Naukri.com.

Romesh T Wadhwani: He runs the private equity technology consultancy Symphony Technology Group from Palo Alto in California which brings in revenues of $2.5 billion. Wadhwani himself is worth an estimated $1.9 billion and like Azim Premji, donates generously in fields like education and arts. He was appointed to the board of trustees of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC by Barack Obama recently.

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Vinod Khosla: A green billionaire, the Porto Valley, California-based venture capitalist has been a big backer of biofuel producers like Kior and Gevo, which went public in 2011. According to one biography, the story of Intel's launch inspired Khosla - who is worth $1.5 billion - to start his own technology company; and in 1982 began Sun Microsystems to build workstations for software developers. He launched Khosla Ventures in 2004 to support "science experiments" as well as "for profit" and "social impact" projects. He is also a founder board member of the Indian School of Business.

Kavitark Ram Shriram: This California-based dot com billionaire was one of the first investors in Google and remains on the company's board till today. A philanthropist, Shriram, who is worth an estimated $1.65 billion, has till date given away from than 70 per cent of the 3.4 million Google shares he owned. He as previously worked at Netscape and even serves on the advisory board of Naukri.com.